Dear Whojit!

My response to you video was too long for Youtube so I posted it here!

I must say that you are young but you are on the right path. I could take offense to the video in the respect that you act like seeking out contest and giveaways is a bad thing or that a person that would do that is not somebody that you would want to be around.

Whojit, I made the decision over 20 years ago to stay home and raise my children to do the very thing that you are talking about in the video. That meant living off my husbands income. That meant major sacrifices, we rented a cheap rundown house in the country with a lot of acreage cause that's where I wanted to raise my boys, I live there for 6 years without a telephone because we couldn't afford one. I didn't care though cause the boys,the dogs and I could take long walks in the great outdoors and go skinny dipping in the stock pond, the boys could run around outside in their underwear and superman capes that I made for them. I didn't have to worry about somebody kidnapping them.

To me there are 2 things in the world, there is man made and God made! I get my strength from the God made things like the walks in the outdoors with my children, or just laying down in the field in the middle of the night and looking for shooting stars. Appreciating the way all the things that God created are perfect and in balance.

Then I come back to reality and know that I couldn't enjoy the God made things if I didn't strive for the man made things.

Love doesn't pay the bills.

I won't even go into the things that my children needed and wanted that we couldn't provide because I felt that spending time with them was more important while they were young and impressionable than the material things were.

I got a computer and discovered that I could stay at home and seek out contest and giveaways and have a chance to win some of the things that we wanted and needed. I also work hard at doing surveys so I can give my son that is in college a little money for things like books!

I won't apologize for being a Sweeper or seeking out contest and giveaways.

I'm sure you are familiar with the saying of Judge not lest you be judged.

I really don't see how what I'm doing is any different than what you are doing. You are asking sponsors to give you free stuff so you are able to do what you want to do.

Whojit, I mean no disrespect and look at every relationship as an opportunity to learn something from somebody. Perhaps we can learn from each other!